Vladimir Horowitz - Schubert Impromptu - Vienna

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  • Vladimir Horowitz performing Schubert's Impromptu in G flat major
    D 899 No. 3
    Recorded Live from Vienna in 1987
    His smile and expressions at his very late performances showed a genius that managed to live his life happily. And that makes him even more rare.
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  • @A44B357C
    @A44B357C 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Thank you Franz Schubert. Thank you Vladimir Horowitz.

    • @kjsytnmbcz003
      @kjsytnmbcz003 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Master piece! The legend Pianist

  • @emmanuelmatuco6248
    @emmanuelmatuco6248 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    "Eyes barely closed, I reminisced
    the smell of roses and the bliss
    when breathes were held by sighs and when
    mute candle lights heard lover's vows..."
    Lines from a poem I wrote and I quote here to serve as tribute to Prof. Vladimir Horowitz. But no words can ever capture the beauty of this performance and his virtuosity. Only the appreciative silence imposed by gently flowing tears of joy can.

  • @789armstrong
    @789armstrong 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Horowitz on another level.

  • @voraciousreader3341
    @voraciousreader3341 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Such beautiful long fingers and hands!

  • @Longtack55
    @Longtack55 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    He loves his instrument, judging by his sensuous treatment and beautiful responses.

  • @Luis41953
    @Luis41953 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Que grande eres Vladimir, Gracias por esta delicadisisima ejecucion

  • @seppepluym8256
    @seppepluym8256 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I love the way how soft he can play and the way the piano is singing. Best pianist that ever lived

  • @monikabruns5010
    @monikabruns5010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Der alte Meister Horowitz spielt so einfühlsam . Seine und meine Sorgen werden bei diesem zauberhaften Spiel vergessen,
    Danke.

  • @saltburner2
    @saltburner2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    He brings out the conversational nature of the final pages like no-one else.

  • @jeffcook8114
    @jeffcook8114 10 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    At key moments, Horowitz holds back slightly, as though in awe of something. It's like he's a seasoned mountain climber, recalling nostalgically his years of journeys to summits that always humbled him.

    • @user-oq5fv8me2y
      @user-oq5fv8me2y 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      gorgeous imagery.

    • @MorriganNoel
      @MorriganNoel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is one of my favorite TH-cam comments ever. Completely accurate. ❤

  • @Rudy92284
    @Rudy92284 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Horowitz plays immaculately and doesn't even look like he's trying. What an absolute legend.

  • @AmalteaF.-vx3bp
    @AmalteaF.-vx3bp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Simply Impressed by the Maestro Vladimir Horowitz.And the Unforgettable piece the Impromptu of the Maestro Franz Schubert... They remember me my lovely father who is in the Paradise of God... when we was together listening their wonderful Music 🎵🎶🎹🥲😇❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌟💫✨

  • @richardwhitehouse8762
    @richardwhitehouse8762 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Thank you for sharing.
    I guess I must have seen this before but somehow it didn't really register. Today I found it riveting. There's something intensely moving about the fact that one of the great pianistic showmen could find the still centre of this piece, which is shot through with little tugs of restlessness beneath a serene surface. Quite remarkable.

  • @johnlove4391
    @johnlove4391 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I love the church bells ringing outside the hall during the performance.

    • @marikokojima6835
      @marikokojima6835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes!!! That's why I love this concert especialy ❣️

    • @mattbecker3066
      @mattbecker3066 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They’re even playing a B/Cflat which fits perfectly with the middle section of the piece.

    • @BoulderMamacita
      @BoulderMamacita ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It adds something so special to the greatness of the piece, the artist and the venue!

    • @d.macrae461
      @d.macrae461 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good observation: the bells are chiming @ 494 Hz, the octave harmonic of the chiming B3's throughout measures 35-40 of the impromptu - the effect is magical.@@mattbecker3066

    • @d.macrae461
      @d.macrae461 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good observation: the bells harmonize at the octave with the chiming B3's throughout measures 35-40 of the piece - the effect is magical. @@mattbecker3066

  • @MrMartinmasashi
    @MrMartinmasashi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    So far I have never seen other pianists than Horowitz that can manifes the ultimate form of beauty thIs Schubert masterpiece as extremely as he does.

    • @Lambert7785
      @Lambert7785 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree :)

  • @TheOlixkilltrocity
    @TheOlixkilltrocity 12 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    just found my new favourite piece
    :)

    • @johnlove4391
      @johnlove4391 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now you play it. :)

  • @happydays7143
    @happydays7143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Amazing use of hands to cover keys gives this immaculate sound ❤️ Xx

  • @adityasambhare
    @adityasambhare 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So beautiful! It is just right, I love how he shows restraint with the tempo.

  • @anavivas61
    @anavivas61 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cuanto sentimiento! Maravilloso.❤🎶

  • @meredith218461
    @meredith218461 12 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Serenely beautiful playing.

  • @williamforbes4378
    @williamforbes4378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Heavenly maestro horowitz 🥰

    • @williamforbes4378
      @williamforbes4378 ปีที่แล้ว

      every one great comments well done you are hearing what i am 👍

  • @pianomagicunleashed
    @pianomagicunleashed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A whole orchestra is playing before my very ears.

  • @jacsbach
    @jacsbach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bravissimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @setarehnajfar-nahvi8339
    @setarehnajfar-nahvi8339 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful!

  • @paulwellings-longmore1012
    @paulwellings-longmore1012 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing technique, at first glance it looks as if his fingers aren't moving at all!

  • @patriciasantovasi8094
    @patriciasantovasi8094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful piece, awe inspiring! Nick Avocado sent me to this masterpiece!

  • @Namuchat
    @Namuchat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Are these the bells from Karlskirche recorded in the background?

  • @TheOlixkilltrocity
    @TheOlixkilltrocity 12 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The best part of this proformance is 7:07, where he throws his hand in the air, as if to say it was just a thought. Which makes the connection between the proformer and the audience all the more authentic.

    • @colmanstephenson7323
      @colmanstephenson7323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also 5:41 where he looks up from the keyboard to look into the distance.

  • @viviancp2807
    @viviancp2807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Toda a emoção dele esta nas mãos, fortes e suaves na hora certa, total concentração, total certeza da força e suavidade, melhor interpretação que já ouvi ....para ficar na história da música, Schubert ❤️🎶

  • @Zaharam2
    @Zaharam2 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WOW! Just, WOW!

  • @minero3628
    @minero3628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    ¿Donde empieza Horowizt y donde el piamo? ¿Donde la música, donde su alma? Qué linea separa Hombre, piano, musica y alma?

  • @sheliazimmerman5359
    @sheliazimmerman5359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy wow

  • @johnwilliamadlington1552
    @johnwilliamadlington1552 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    De la mélancolie que j'associe en toute subjectivité aux Passantes de Brassens

  • @buddah610
    @buddah610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My GOD.

  • @williamforbes4378
    @williamforbes4378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tears me up every time i hear this 🥲

  • @benedictoroman1998
    @benedictoroman1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Qué manos ,Dios mío .Son mágicas..

  • @giuliaabatianni9412
    @giuliaabatianni9412 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Troppe poche visualizzazioni per una bellezza ed una bravura impressionanti

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Van juntos ,si no es asi. no serve la musica. ❤️🇮🇷

  • @plittan
    @plittan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The smile 😄

  • @Patrick17-
    @Patrick17- ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I mean the whole of this is the virtuoso incredible unrepeatable brilliance.

  • @palmerplantagenet
    @palmerplantagenet ปีที่แล้ว

    In this video, one gets to see how Mr. Horowitz is practically "kneading" the keys.

  • @belphegor9161
    @belphegor9161 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The order:
    - get the chair position right
    - warm up the hands
    - check the bow tie
    - see if the audience is still there
    - double-check the chair position
    - put the hands over the keyboard
    The rest is easy.

  • @zwirn00
    @zwirn00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Almost 90 years of piano playing experience are floating through his fingers, creating an unassuming natural new space for this thought of Schubert.
    Ugly old man, still unequalled, still adored, loved!

    • @uliwidmaier5192
      @uliwidmaier5192 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true! I'd add that when you saw him live, you could see that he was a dumpy little guy with a big butt and sloping shoulders. But when he got near the piano, he seemed to transform into some sort of giant or titan. And when he actually sat down, he looked more powerful than Schwarzenegger at his peak.

    • @labienus9968
      @labienus9968 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@uliwidmaier5192 He wasn't dumpy, he wasn't little, and why don't you try looking at photos of him when he was young when he was an elegant coiled spring

    • @uliwidmaier5192
      @uliwidmaier5192 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@labienus9968 How often did you see Horowitz live? What's the closest you've been to hin? I saw him live 5 times, and the closest I got was about 2 feet.

    • @labienus9968
      @labienus9968 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@uliwidmaier5192 What does that prove? How old was he? Look at the famous 1968 nat'l TV broadcast-he was 65-and very fit for his age. As I said, look at the photos. It's too bad that this obsession with the visual often has certain performers at less than their best. Not that he didn't do some magnificent playing in his old age, but many of the standard pieces were matchless in his heyday. Just look at the '68 concert-that's the real Horowitz. Oh yes I saw him live a number of times-the first time in 1966-no I did not go the historic return-when Carnegie could seat 10k, given all the people who lie about being there

    • @uliwidmaier5192
      @uliwidmaier5192 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@labienus9968 I did say it proved anything. I just asked. Also, I don't lie. My ticket to Paris 1985 is in my wallet to this day. The other times I saw him live were New York 1978 and 1980, London 1982, and Hamburg 1986. I was always struck by how this physically unimpressive person (unlike, say, Richter or the young Pogorelich) transformed into a giant, a titan, as soon as he sat down on the piano bench. The way he physically related to the piano seemed to make the instrument shrink and become almost a toy under his hands. Arrau had this ability, too - make the piano shrink under his hands and make it manageable.

  • @user-hx7zj5bp1s
    @user-hx7zj5bp1s 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Absolutely beautiful performance, disgusting audience. If you're coughing and spluttering how about staying home?

  • @scottguy5452
    @scottguy5452 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Vladimir as a closeted gay guy suffered from depression but it is arguable that it is what makes his rendition of this piece so heartfelt

    • @trentonwilliams9921
      @trentonwilliams9921 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No. Horowitz was Bipolar like so many other great musicians and composers, including Schubert!!

  • @robertnisonoff3907
    @robertnisonoff3907 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For whatever reason (not whatever actually quite specific ones), there is a cultish nature to Horowitz's admirers. They treat him with a reverence that he does not deserve. Was he a wonderful pianist? Yes. Did he play everything wonderfully? No. This piece is an example of the slavish devotion his fans have towards him. There are parts of it which he plays beautifully and there are sections where he just cannot capture the essence of the piece.

  • @user-dg7gn4qk1y
    @user-dg7gn4qk1y 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ah the eighties... no masks then, just plenty of condoms